Improved centrifugal machine for draining sugar



A. WILDER. GENTRIFUGAL MACHINB FOR DRAINING SUGAR.

No. 96,752. Patented Nov, 9, 1869.

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HYMAN AUGUSTINE WILDER, OF MILLVILLE, ASSIGNOR TO GEORGE L. SQUIER, OF BU-FFALO, NEW YGRK.

Letters Ptent.No. 96,752, ated November 9,.1869.

IMPROVED CENTRIPUGAL MACHINE FOR DRAINING SUGAR.

'mm Bohedule refen'ad to in these Letters Patent and makingpart of the name.

To all whom 'it may concer Be it known that I,.HYMAN AUGUSTIXE WILDER., of Millville, in the county of Orleans, and State of New York, have im'eited a. 'new and useful' Improvement in Centrifngal Machines for 'Draining Suga'; `and I do he'eby declare that the-following is a full and exact description tle'eof, reference being had' to the accompzmying drawings, and to the letters' of Reference marked thereon.

The ohief object of my invention is to secure a continuots feed and contnuous disoharge in acentrit'ugal machine for drai'ning sngar, and thus preventthe waste of power, hbor, and time, hit-herto attending oent'ifugzil machines, on 'account of the neccssity of stopping the machine to' chargeand discharge the same.

My -invention consists- First, in making the revolving-basket with conical or fia -ing sides;

Secondly, in feeding or oharging such basket at or near its smaller end;

Tlirdly, in a -ev'olving woru, screw, or spiral, pro-- Attached toshaft B is a. conical or fiaring basket, D, made of pertb'ated tin or of wire, the bottom E of the basket being made solid.

The mush is 'fed -into this basket through &stationary hopper, F, which extends nealyto the bottom of the basket, and the 'shaft carries a. screw or spital G,

` into the centrifugal d'ainc'.

which pushs the mush downthrough the hopper, and thus preventsthe possibilityof clogging, and-'also produees a, uniform feed.

Outside of the basket is a. cm-b, H, to which-is attasched an inner hollow cylinder or directing-plate, I; and outside of the d'ipping-pan K is ja. eceptacle, L, for the sngar as it fallsover the edge'of-the basket.

By the above ar-angement, it not necessary to stop the machine, either to put in the fsugar or todischarge the same. i The mush may be'fed contimously into the'hopper F, and it descends' into'the basket,"

when the bent'ifugal motion drives' the sugar gradually up the flaring sides-oi' the basket, until it falls over the top, as i'dioated bythe arrow in fig. 2.

I do not oonfine 'ny invention' to the verticlmnchine above described, as the shai't may bejset lorizontally; in that case, the 'mush might he fed into the small end of the basket; and 1 do not broadly claim the screw or sp'i'zl as heetofore used, yet I be lieve it is 'new .as zt nems ot' feedng sngar or must of the receptacle L may be vm'ied.

Having described my invention,

1. The basket D, when made epnicnl or with fiaring sides,`substantially in the nt'ne' .and for the purposes set forthp 2. A hopper, sonrranged as -to feed the mush con `tinuonsly to the bottom or near' the bottom *of the basket, substantiallyas set fortl 3. The spiml'Gr or its equivalent, for the-purpose of securing a uniform feed, substmt ially 'its described. 4. In oonbinztt-ion with the basket, a receptacle for receiving the sugar as it falls over the cdgeof the basket.

HYMAN -AUGUSTINE WILD ER witnesses:

LINUS CHILD, LINUS G. CHANDLER. 

